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out for you. spin stops here because we're looking out for you. ♪ a fox news alert on new details coming to light about the tragic final moments of egyptair flight 804. as search crews recover more debris from the mediterranean sea near where that plane disappeared with 66 people onboard. airplane seats, life jackets and passengers' belongings. heartbreaking signs of lives lost. hello, welcome to "america's news hq." i i >> smoke in the cabin amid automated messages that show something happened quickly and catastrophically. the question is, what was it?
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as searchers from several countries including the united states are scouring the sea for the flight's main wreckage, and, of course, those vital black boxes. for the latest, let's go to senior foreign affairs correspondent live at charles de gaulle airport in paris. greg? >> reporter: hi, gregg, hi arthel. yes, today french officials confirmed what we first told you about late yesterday. data messages coming from the plane, coming from the egyptair flight 804 detailing those tragic last minutes before the crash. here is how they broke down. 26 minutes after the hour, a sensor on a side cockpit window alerts to overheating, possibly the start of a raging fire. a few seconds later, smoke was detected in the forward bathroom. that's right next to the cockpit. a minute after that, smoke is detected in the electronics bay. right below the cockpit and below the bathroom.
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two minutes later the main computers that steer the plain break down. the plane is lost. the question is, as the debris from the plane is being recovered and analyzed, what triggered that fire? was it mechanical fault? or was it terrorism? now, if it was an aircraft problem, analysts are coming up with a range of possibilities which could be as simple as a short circuit in a window defroster in the cockpit. analysts suggest if it was terror, it also could be a low-key kind of weapon, maybe something like that shoe bomb used in the failed terror try back in 2001. still, as you guys noted, the need for the black box to connect the dots being sought right now in a massive air and naval search across the mediterrean where that plane went down. one reason why analysts are not coming down harder on the terror side is that there has been no
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claim of responsibility yet. late today the spokesman for isis, the islamic state, issued a 31-minute audio address. it was noted widely there was no mention of the egyptair crash. finally, though, authorities here are taking no chances. starting on monday, we have learned that all passengers using this airport, remember, this is the airport from where egyptair flight 804 left wednesday night, will be subjected to a much more rigorous security and background check. the kind of check that the united states has been asking european airports to do for a very long time. whatever the cause of the accident, the crash of egyptair flight 804, they're trying to avoid another terror attack. back to you guys. >> greg live at the de gaulle airport in paris. greg, thanks. a fox news alert. defense officials say taliban leader mullah mansur was likely
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killed in a drone strike this morning. authorities say mansur was in a remote region near the afghanistan/pakistan border. mansur has been actively involved with planning attacks across afghanistan since the death of mullah omar resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of afghan civilians and security forces as well as u.s. and coalition troops. back h thin this country, t nation's capital, very tense, anxious moments outside the white house. armed man approaching a checkpoint yesterday afternoon refusing to drop his weapon. service officer ends up shooting the suspect. sources say he may have tried to commit suicide by cop. garrett tenney has more from washington. >> reporter: the white house was temporarily locked down friday afternoon when a secret service agent shot an armed man outside the white house when he refused to put down his weapon around 3:00 a.m. when secret service
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agents noticed a suggestispicio looking man and started following him. walked up to a checkpoint on the white house grounds holding a gun in plain sight. the agents yelled for him to put the gun down but he didn't so an agent was forced to shoot him amidst crowds of tourists, school groups and government workers. >> we heard the pop obviously then as we were, you know, standing there the officer, he comes out of the side door, wasn't the front door, the side door and that side door is when you could hear his radio going shot fired, shot fired, suspect down, suspect downed. >> the secret service put out a statement after the shooting saying they, "recovered a firearm at the scene. an agent provided medical aid to the subject. the subject has been transported to a local area hospital for medical treatment." the secret service has been under a lot of scrutiny from lawmakers over recent security breaches such as the white house fence jumper in 2014 when a man jumped the fence and made his way into the white house before being tackled by an off-duty age agent.
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since then the agency added an additional barrier in front of the white house. just last month announced plans to raise the fences from 6 feet to 11 feet by 2018. the d.c. police department secret service, u.s. park police and the fbi are all continuing to investigate this incident, but they say at this point, there are no indications that it was related to terrorism. greg? >> thanks. we'll dig a lot deeper into this incident as well as others with a former secret service agent who will be joining us live in the program coming up. well, police in texas looking for a vehicle of interest in the murder of a fitness instructor just south of dallas. here if is. caught on surveillance video on the day of her death. they say it appears to be a light colored nissan altima seen pulling into a particular less than a mile from the church where terri was killed, the picture of her. her body was found inside. detectives say they want to talk
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to the driver. and they say the driver isn't necessarily a suspects. police have reportedly ruled out her husband and father-in-law as suspects. south of the border the mexican government has approved the extradition of the drug lord known as el chapo to the united states but could be weeks, months, maybe even years before it all happens. attorneys for el chapo say they will appeal the decision in a process that could take a long while. mexico's foreign relations department approving his extradition after the united states guaranteed el chapo would not face the death penalty. and to politics now. donald trump lands an endorsement from the national rifle association. trump not wasting any time attacking hillary clinton. calling her a threat to the 2nd amendment and now it looks like the presumptive republican nominee is taking steps to court the hispanic vote. peter doocy live from our d.c. bureau with more.
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peter? >> and arthel, part of his new focus on the general election that he is getting closer and closer to official lly clinchin the nomination, donald trump is doing outreach to hispanic voters taping a two-minute message played at conference in anaheim last night organized by america's largest hispanic christian evangelical group, a first for mr. trump and may be a sign of things to come. trump is also going to great lengths to lock up the support of gun owners appearing at a national rifle association convention down in kentucky where the group endorse the him and where trump warned the crowd he thinks that hillary clinton is going to let violent criminals out of jail which he says is especially concerning if she gets her way and residents can't defend themselves with firearms. >> in trying to overturn the 2nd amendment, hillary clinton is telling everyone, and every woman living in a dangerous community that she doesn't have the right to defend herself.
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so you have a woman living in a community, a rough community, bad community, sorry, you can't defend yourself. that is so unfair and that is so egregious. >> and we are now seeing for the first time just how much trump has spent in total in his presidential campaign. so far, more than $43 million of his own dough going toward the effort that is about three-quarters of the entire $57 million the campaign has raised to date. it is just a fraction of the $1.5 billion trump has said he thinks it's going to take to compete with the sophisticated democratic fund-raising operation. that's why he's teamed up with the rnc. >> peter doocy, thanks. now turning to the democrats. both candidates staying busy today. as bernie sanders says he's in the race for the long haul. hillary clinton is his foe, of course. and sanders highlighting his differences with her at a campaign rally today in new
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mexico. steve harrigan joins us live from ft. lauderdale where clinton is set to deliver the keyno keynote address at the dinner for the trayvon martin foundation. steve? >> reporter: that's right, gregg. that speech by hillary clinton here in ft. lauderdale about one hour away. aides are already saying she'll like make the case that america could be a much more dangerous place under donald trump with guns allowed in every classroom. she's also expected to make the case that the nra won't be able to silence her, these remarks coming after the nra endorsement of donald trump. she's taking incoming fire from her own party in the form of attacks from bernie sanders. >> secretary clinton has supported almost every one of these disastrous trade agreements which have cost us millions of jobs. i have opposed every one of them. and we're going to have
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corporate america start investing in this country, not in china. >> reporter: clinton's remarks here will be for a foundation started by trayvon martin's mother. martin, of course, the 17-year-old african-american who was shot and killed while unarmed in central florida in 2012 by george zimmerman. zimmerman later tried but found not guilty on charges of second-degree murder. arthel, and gregg, back to you. >> steve harrigan in ft. lauderdale, florida, thanks. increasingly long airport security lines causing for travelers to miss their flights. why it could be a while before things start to improve. and donald trump hitting back at hillary clinton about her stance on guns. we compare the candidates' positions on that very issue and we'll talk about why it could be such a big topic this election season. >> hillary's pledged to issue new anti-gun executive orders. you know that. this is the behavior, i mean,
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welcome back. time for a quick check of the headlines. videotape showing uber driver jason dalton getting forcibly es
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scored out of a michigan courtroom. happened after he interrupted witness testimony with sporadic consistent outbursts. earlier this year, he admitted to his involvement in a shooting spree that killed six people and injured two others. overseas parts of india experiencing a record heatwave. temperatures as high as 124 degrees. hundreds of people have died due to heatstroke. authorities there urging folks to stay indoors, drink plenty of water. and out west, look at this, talk about slow speed. the space shuttle's ex-term fuel tank is on its way to the california science center. that giant orange tank moving at about five miles per hour along the route to the science center. it's supposed to take between 13 to 18 hours. so find a detour. okay. we move on now to gun control. and the 2nd amendment shaping up to be hot topics in a possible general election matchup between donald trump and hillary
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clinton. trump securing the endorsement of the nra then criticizing clinton saying that, quote, she would disarm law-abiding citizens and free violent criminals to roam the streets. >> hillary clinton will release violent criminals from jail, more so than even obama. she has a more open policy than obama if that's possible. and put innocent americans at risk. i'm going to put criminals behind bars and guarantee that law-abiding americans have is the right to self-defense. 100%. >> joining me now is christopher bedford, editor in chief of the "daily caller" news foundation. chris, good to see you here. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. is this game of semantics or about honest messaging and having a solid and consistent track record, and if it's the latter, who gets the gold star, if you will? >> i think "the new york times"
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and some of hillary clinton's defenders are being disingenuous when saying hillary is not going to attack your guns, she just wants common sense reform. because the democrats are in line to both win the white house and win the senate and when dthy do that, they'll have control of the supreme court for maybe over a decade, at least a decade. that means religious liberty, 2nd amendment, states rights, 1 1 are not going to go the way the conservatives want them to and should feel threatened over there at the nra. >> you feel in terms of semantics, you mentioned "the new york times." we know there's some controversy there right now. they pointed out, the noo"the n times" pointed out in an article donald trump is changing his position on gun control. they referenced his book that was released in 2000 "the america we deserve" saying that in that book that donald trump wrote that he generally opposes gun control and that he says that he supports the ban on assault weapons and that -- he spores a slig s supports a slightly longer
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waiting period to purchase a gun. you know, it's not unusual for politicians or people for that matter to change their position on topics depending on, you know, what is striking them at the time. but not implying that there's an excessive flip-flopping just saying that what's the deal with both sides? i mean -- >> as people have said, you know, it's easier to trust someone's conversion on the road to damascus than it is to trust their road on the conversion on the road to washington. donald trump had a couple things happen in his life, two sons are avid hunters. in the book, he wants more reforms, wants more restrictions. even in that book he said he is for the 2nd amendment and for gun rights in america. for the nra he's probably not the ideal candidate. he's not ted cruz cooking bacon with his gun. he has a concealed carry. the only option they have for protecting what they care about most is winning the white house
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for the gop and holding the senate. so they can keep the court. >> so then in that vain, what is the impact of the nra endorsement? i mean, you know, gun control as we well know, it evokes high emotion. it's also very political topic. how do you think this endorsement will translate at the polls for donald trump or for hillary clinton for that matter? >> so endorsements vice president really do haven't really done a lot in this election. a lot of people say i like this guy, like this guy. ask marco rubio and jeb bush how the endorsements are doing. both are back home in physicafl. we have a link posted on the nra's facebook page, gets more traction than the "drudge report. "people who are into gun rights are very, very committed to it and it's one of the most important things and they're very passionate. gun rights people love those
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things and will vote for them. it's part of the race that will definitely be a boon for donald trump. >> secretary clinton said she wants tighter restrictions on guns but doesn't want to take away people's rights to own the guns. and, of course, donald trump has a really very effective way of sort of putting glitter on all his messages to make people pay attention, so how does hillary clinton make sure that she gets across her message, whatever he position is, if it's clear and effective, how does she make sure her voters know where she stands? >> well, i think she's going to have a rough time because most voters, especially a lot of gun guys definitely think of bernie sanders as a socialist, a communist. i mean, just read the internet comments. they have a low opinion of the guy. she's been consistently attacking senator sanders for attacking his constituents' 2nd amendment rights. she keeps on saying this code word, common sense reform, but it's just a code word. she wants to change the laws and the gun nuts, they follow this stuff very closely. they're going to know, geez,
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hillary clinton may want a few tweaks around the edges but what really matters to them is the supreme court. >> well, we're going to leave it there. chris bedford, thanks for stopping by the studio and not seeing you in the box in d.c. >> thanks for having me. >> good to see you. thank you. all right. gregg? terror or mechanical failure? that's the big question in egyptair flight from paris to cairo. how does it impact airport security not only overseas but here at home? plus another trial now under way for former cop drew peterson who's already in prison for murdering his third wife. now he's accused of trying to rub out the prosecutor who put him there. ♪
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police officer is already behind bars for killing his third wife. but he's now accused of trying to find a hit man to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars. will carr joins us live out of our west coast bureau with details. hi, will. >> hi there, arthel. certainly not drew peterson's first time in the courtroom. he's already serving almost four decades behind bars and if convicted in this trial, he could face another 60 years in prison. you'll remember the former police officer came into the national spotlight back in 2007. that's when his fourth wife, stacy peterson, disappeared. now, that case was never solved and peterson was never charged in connection with the disappearance, but during the course of that investigation, authorities decided to take a second look at the death of his third wife, kathleen savio. now, her death was initially ruled an accident, but her body was exhumed and they changed that to homicide. peterson was then charged.
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he was convicted and sentenced to 38 years in prison. the prosecutor in that case, his name, james glascow. authorities maintain peterson tried to hire a hit man in prison to kill him and say they have conversations recorded to back that up. opening statements start monday. stacy peterson's sister said after peterson waived his preliminary hearing, she really hopes her family can now get some answers. >> maybe he'll talk and tell where stacy is, i mean, game ove over, you know? so just tell the truth, where's stacy? >> stacy peterson was last seen in 2007. it came out in the course of the investigation that she told her pastor that drew peterson told her that he did, indeed, kill kathleen savio. now, her family at this point still does not know exactly what happened to her. as you heard, arthel, they continue to hold out hope that one day they'll actually find
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out what happened. >> will carr, thanks, will. investigators looking into the crash of egyptair flight 804 say they have found signs of smoke onboard the ill-fated flight. evidence from a series of automated messages transmitted from the plane to the airline. all the while, searchers are pulling more debris from the d mediterranean sea, very close to the area where the plane vanished with 66 people onboard. investigators are looking at whether mechanical failure or terrorism brought the plane down. and they say they are not ruling anything out. let's bring in mark, executive director of the foundation for defense of democracies. and mark, good to see you as always. it really does make a difference whether it was some sort of an incendiary device that started a fire or a bomb outright. as opposed to a mechanical failure, an electrical short that created a fire, because if
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it's the former, a terrorist act, that just underscores security gaps? >> well, that's right, gregg. i mean, we've obviously had terrorist attacks in belgium and in france. we had a russian airliner in october that was hit be a terrorist attack that isis claimed responsibility for. and so it's absolutely critical that if this ends up being a terrorist attack that that has enormous implications for airline security in europe and around the world. >> i think a lot of people were stunned to learn over the last 24 hours, 48 hours, that at de gaulle airport, you know, it's a huge airport, lot of -- i flew out of there last summer. and in there. there were 85 workers that have in the last year had their security clearances pulled because they either had real or potential connections to radical islam.
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>> gregg, it's stunning, it's frightening. many of us actually have used de gaulle over the years and have noticed the security professionals there and it's a heavily guarded airport. there's french army and police there. but this is very troubling. and i'm sure the security clearances were pulled because of known links to terrorist organizations or radical islamist sympathies. and one wonders of the 80,000 personnel at de gaulle, how many of them have not been detected? >> what is curious and has a lot of folks sort of scratching their heads if it was a terrorist act, why is it no known terrorist group or any of the really renowned terrorist groups have claimed credit for it? one theory, though, is that you don't want to claim credit for something that's a dry run for future attacks. correct? >> that's certainly a possibility. al qaeda tends to wait. their claims of responsibilities
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tend to be delayed unlike isis who responds very quickly. there was an audio recording from an isis spokesman where they claimed no responsibilities. we're looking into what other terrorist organizations could be involved and you're right, there's certainly speculation they may not be willing to claim responsible at this point. >> i want your reaction to another top story which broke a couple hours ago. we're switching gears now. mullah mansur, head of the call ban, was apparently taken out by u.s. bombs according to the pentagon. now, this is a guy who was heading up what is essentially a, you know, a terrorist organization, the taliban, which has long aided al qaeda and other terror groups, that has wreaked havoc and cost the lives of tens of thousands of not just
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afghans, but security personnel, and has done damage to the, you know, person peacekeeping forces there as well. so this is -- this is a huge defeat for the taliban and terrorism? >> gregg, it's a big deal. i mean, mansur has been in charge of the taliban for at least the past couple years and certainly wreaked havoc in that country, significant threat to u.s. national security. it's a good thing, it's also the first time that u.s. drone strikes have taken place in an area called baluchistan. so the u.s. is expanding the kill zone and i think this should be sending a shatter of fear through the hearts of the taliban tonight. they're going to replace him, probably replace him with somebody who's a guy named haqqani in charge of the haqqani network closely affiliated with both al qaeda and pakistan intelligence services so the taliban still are lethal and the united states still needs to do
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in combination with its afghan and nato allies a much better job of pushing back against the taliban. >> yeah. for every one of these, you know, evil terrorist leaders, there's ten ready to take their place. it's truly amazing. mark dubowitz, great to see you. thank you. >> thanks, gregg. gregg, will long security lines at airports across the country could get worse before they get better. so what, if anything, can be done to fix this mess? look at that. it's a nightmare. congressman john micah is on the house transportation committee and he joins us live. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. a vehicle so versatile it owns meeanything outdoors.re gator xuv590i, thirty-two horsepower, a twelve hundred-pound payload
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flyers the lines could get even worse during the busy summer travel season. florida congressman john mica joins us now. he's a member of the house oversight and government reform committee where he is the chairman of the subcommittee on transportation and public assets. congressman, thank you so much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> thank you. so before we talk about what's being done, how do we get here? i mean, and why a lot more money for tsa after we get to the critical point and also, congressman, why are so many agents quitting or losing their jobs? the tsa agents. >> well, it's probably one of the worst managed and bureaucratic agencies we've ever created. this all started last fall when the media actually disclosed that the performance failure rate was 95%. now, that's with 45,000 screeners. back in 2008, the media got ahold of failure rates and that was 75% failure with 35,000.
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so more employees and failing. what the new administrator has done is cracked down on the general public and he's going in the wrong direction. where we need to be spending our resources going after people who pose a risk, not the mom and pop or the family travelers or the business travelers. and they can't get it right. your point on hiring, well, first of all, congress and the republican congress has given them more money than the administration has asked each of the last three years, plus we adjusted the fee that was set some years ago so they get more per passenger. as the passenger count increases, they get more money. it's not just a question of money. we are at risk and you need to put your assets where your risk is. >> so then congressman, what's the fix? passengers, travellers want to know how soon will they see relief? >> yeah, well, i'm not very
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optimist optimistic. they came out with a ten-point planers in several hearings from the last month or so from tsa insiders. they put this crackdown on everybody in place. it was testified they had no plan "b." so now they're instituting plan "b" before the summer, but they had 5,000 vacancies a year ago and only hired 500 and some people and have a washout rate of about 30%. so someone described it as having a bathtub and filling it but leaving the drain open. and that's the way tsa operates. >> so, you know, as you knows, i want to -- as i read the top of this intro i told you, congressman, which you already know but i told our viewers, how the ceo for americanairlines says he's going to spend $ million to get contract workers. these are people he describes s as -- with nonscreening functions like bin running, managing the long lines.
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i ask you, is that stavafe? >> well that's another one. even in europe, other countries they have the automatic bins. here we run bins back and forth. it's a mickey mouse operation which they spend a bunch of money. again, huge bureaucracy. 45,000 screeners. then you got bureaucracy at 13,000 on top of it. in washington, d.c., within five miles of the capitol, you have 4,000 people making $140,000 on average a piece. so it's grown top heavy. we spend about $1.1 billion on bureaucrats and $1.9 billion on screening. it's -- >> so -- >> it's not balanced and then the money isn't being spent on where the risk is, that's gathering intelligence, government connecting the dots. we go after people who pose a risk not the people you see standing in those lines. >> so then if you feel,
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congressman, that the government is not equipped to run the tsa what do you think about private companies taking charge? get rid of tsa. what do you think about that? >> well, when i helped set it up -- first, you don't want to get rid of tsa. it's an important function but you can have private screening under federal supervision. that's a way we set it up with some airports. we tested them. they actually performed statistically significantly better. >> what does that entail? what does that mean? what does that entail, sir? >> well, i had private screening then we had all federal screening. i tested them after we put them in place. i had independent evaluation done. how did they perform their job? they came back and their words were they -- the private screening under federal supervision performed statistically cig kachbtsignifi better. that means they performed better. this whole thing is about performance. >> why do you think -- why do you think they performed better? private screeners performed better? >> a whole bunch of things.
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tsa cannot recruit, contain a massive personnel. a huge bureaucracy we're spending money on to operate it. it the private sector is better. we to private screening at d.o. d. facilities, nuclear facilities, very secure facilities. the other thing, too, you got to be directing the system at where the risk is and, again, collecting the intelligence. a real government function. connecting the dots which tsa never does. >> so here we are, i think today's may 21st, and, you know, memorial day is next weekend. people are going to start traveling. congress agreed to ship $43 million in tsa funding to let the agency pay overtime to the existing staff and hire more screeners by june 15th. is that going to ease the line, congressman? >> congress is good at throwing more money at it but this needs reform. the new administrators come in, i said, you know, he's being kept in the dark and being fed
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mushrooms. he's given information from all these bureaucrats of which we had testimony that they're out of control from insiders and whistleblowers. so the whole thing needs a dramatic shakeup. we've got to put in place something that secures our airports. and do some things that where the risk is. we aren't vetting the people working at the airports. there are thousands, tens of thousands of people that are not credentialed. you heard in paris, that looks like an inside job, that they eliminated 80 at charles de gaulle out of thousands. i think we've done 50 out of all the airports. we need to go in and vet people working in secure areas. we need to, again, collect intelligence and go after people who pose a risk before they get to the airport or not let them get on that plane. >> sure. congressman, it's definitely a big mess. i have to go, but that was the point of my question, about
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asking -- those contract workers helping with bin money and stuff, they're not necessarily going to be screened like other employees. >> no, no. >> but i do -- i appreciate your time here. it's a big mess. and i'd like to talk to you again. >> we'll get it straight. >> i hope soon, congressman. i hope soon. real soon. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, sir. all right. so will nyquist win the second leg of the triple crown at the preakness stakes? we are moments away from finding out. yes. and also a very serious story. chaos at the white house after a secret service agent is forced to take down a man with a gun. a closer look at this incident and others. that's still ahead.
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agent. dan, good to see you. are the secret service supposed to abide by use of force that other law men engaged? >> yes, they are. maybe we can dispel the myths. the secret service doesn't have special law enforcement powers because it is it the white house. you know, because the secret service suspects a criminal and malicious intent and the white house doesn't permit them to engage in deadly force. we had had a white house jumping incident and the question was why didn't they shot him. he was get of a trespass. if he had a weapon like this individual and this was a clear use of force situation that was legal, that is the only time they can use, the use of force.
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>> in the 2014 incident a man with a knife made it over the fence and made it inside of the white house and it was not an on duty secret service agent or security personnel that took him douvenlt an off duty guy nabbed him and took him out. the secret service director was essentially fired and resigned and now we have a new one and he saids well, let's raise the fence. but that won't be done until 2018. seriously? i mean 2018. you could build p that fence, a brand new one a lot higher with spikes and do it in about a week. >> yeah, it is shocking. we can send a man to the moon in less time than that. it has to get done. having been on the inside of the white house bureaucracy, the
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white house, not the executive branch of government. the 18 acres has its own bureaucracy and i am sure that decision sadly had to be vetted. and that the acthetics were determined and when it comes to the white house, nothing is easy. >> we are looking at it right now, and guys are putting up additional fencing at the top. they can literally reach the top of it. and that suggests. we all have been there. it is not a terribly high fence. goodness, you can pole valt over it. do you think that the white house is secure? >> you know, i think the white house is secure as it can be right now. i think the secret service
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agents that i work with and in charge of management and i can say things they can't. they are dealing with a bureaucratic and staff concerns about p the look of the white house. there is things they could do personnel and mechanical wise. a tactical assault, we are vulnerable at the white house. >> what kind of assault are you talking about. >> if you had a trained assault team of 20 or 30 guys it could create problems. i am not suggesting a armed camp or shut down pennsylvania avenue. but some people in the staff and white house bureaucracy need to understand that an organized assault on the white house would not end well. there would be a lot of casulties.
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a fox news alert. the exrageator won the
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preakness. jockey ken taking the three year old colt to the winner circle in a $1.5 million purse. exageerator won the preakness. and nyquist won the kentucky derby. and exerage eightor won the upset. and he has a big future in politics. president obama calling on americans to remember and honor members of the military. and named armed forces day by presidential proclamation. and they served in world war ii, the right to put their ashes in national arlington cemetery. they have the rights to full military honors.
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it is great and fantastic. and very well deserved and i am mar thel nevle. >> and i am greg jarret. laur ingal is up next. >> have a great weekend. >> this is a fox urgent. the pentagon said the strike in pakistan likely killed the leader of the taliban. this is the fox report. details are still coming in but this is what we know. the sick happen 6:00 on the pakistan side of the border with afghanistan. the target was mansour. he was actively planning attacks with coalition forces in kabul and afghanistan. and there was reports that and joining me for

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